Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Delbert McClinton: two records

The one on the left was featured here recently - last month I think. But I scored the one one the right and decided to pair it up with the previous one - 1979's Keep of the Flame. I think this guy - though I know hardly anything about him - other than he is from Texas - is one of the great song-writers of all time. Here's a bit more on him from Available Sources: he was born in Lubbock, Texas, but relocated with his family to Fort Worth, when he was 11.He worked in a bar band, called The Straitjackets, who played backing to Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. McClinton recorded several regional singles before hitting the national chart in 1962, playing harmonica on Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby." On a subsequent package tour to the UK, he instructed John Lennonon the finer points of blues harmonica playing. Then relocating to Los Angeles in 1972, Delbert partnered with fellow Texan, Glen Clark, to perform a combination ofcountryandsoul music. They achieved a degree of artistic success, releasing two albums before splitting and McClinton embarked on a solo career. Emmylou Harrishad a No. 1 hit in 1978 with McClinton's composition "Two More Bottles of Wine," and his "B Movie Boxcar Blues" (a great song!) wascoveredon the firstThe Blues Brothersalbum,Briefcase Full of Blues.

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This new feature here on the bottom of my blog is the new viewing and storage space for a randomly revolving set of nine of my favorite records. I will try to mvoe things around here and keep things fresh. I like symetry of how the nine record albums look and I will use photos of only single album covers (square) and not the rectangle photos I use for regular blog posts.

Richie Havens

Mixed Bag

who are these guys?

Bonnie Tyler

It's a Heartache

Ted Nugent - the Nuge!

Free for All

Wake Up Everybody

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Van the Man Morrison

Wavelength

Genesis

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Rush

A Farewell to Kings

The Association

Insight Out - Windy

and on vocals Danny Joe Brown

He anchors my "All '70's Band"

The Temptations

Deep Purple

The Book of Talisyn

The Seekers

Georgy Girl

The Clash

London Calling

Leon & Mary Russell

The Wedding Album

Traffic - last one standing is...

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Mac Davis...

Mr. Cool

The Marshall Tucker Band...

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

on 45 RPM...

Molly Hatchet

First album was their best album

Cherish - David Cassidy

Montrose...

with Sammy Hagar

Fathers and Sons

Muddy Waters

Jim Peterick - local legend and famed songwriting genius. I know the guy!